While it may not be this year, the company is considering launching its own stand - alone streaming service, as plenty
of other cable networks have done.
As the DOJ's complaint against the merger argues, the resulting conglomerate might «use its control of Time Warner's popular programming as a weapon to harm competition» by raising the prices it
charges other cable networks for Time Warner entertainment or limiting distribution of content from other producers.
Pay — $ 156.1 million, ↑ 360 percent Stock performance — ↓ 25 percent 2014 financials — The parent of Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet and
other cable networks increased revenue 13 percent to $ 6.3 billion and operating income 4 percent to $ 2.5 billion.
The New York Times reports that regulators may want AT&T to divest either Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting unit, which includes CNN and
other cable networks, or satellite television provider DirecTV.
AMC recently got into the bundle, but all
the other cable networks that aren't tied to a broadcaster have been cut out, including Turner.
Pay — $ 40.3 million, ↑ 323 percent Stock performance — ↓ 6 percent 2014 financials — While revenue rose 37 percent to $ 2.2 billion at the parent of AMC, IFC and
other cable networks, net income fell 10 percent to $ 260.8 million.
That's about four times greater than
any other cable network.
I understand the constraints a film has, and maybe this story would have been better suited as a miniseries on HBO or
any other cable network.